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Source: Abbé Sieyès, French political writer, *What is the Third Estate?*, political pamphlet, 1789

'What is the Third Estate? Everything.
What has it been heretofore in the political order? Nothing.
What does it demand? To become something...

The Third Estate embraces then all that belongs to the nation; and all that is not the Third Estate cannot be regarded as being of the nation. What is the Third Estate? It is the whole.'

Which of the following French revolutionary goals is most directly supported by the passage above?

  1. The elimination of the traditional social privileges held by the nobility and clergy.Cevap
  2. B
    The overthrow of a foreign colonial government to achieve national sovereignty.
  3. C
    The creation of a unified federation of independent South American republics.
  4. D
    The complete centralization of state power under an absolute monarch.

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The elimination of the traditional social privileges held by the nobility and clergy.
The correct answer is correct because Sieyès argues that the Third Estate (the commoners) constitutes the entirety of the nation, while the first two estates (nobility and clergy) represent unnecessary privileges that divide it. This directly supports the French revolutionary goal of dismantling the feudal estate system and establishing social and legal equality.

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1
Identify the core subject of the source text.
The text focuses on the 'Third Estate' (representing the commoners of France) and its political status.
Understanding who is being discussed helps determine the political group's demands.
2
Analyze the author's argument regarding the nation's composition.
The author argues that the Third Estate makes up the entire nation, and that anyone outside it (the privileged classes) cannot be considered part of the nation.
This reveals the ideological attack on the traditional estate system and aristocratic privilege.
3
Connect the analysis to the correct historical goal of the French Revolution.
The demand to strip the nobility and clergy of their separate, privileged status aligns with the goal of establishing social and legal equality.
This matches the correct option while eliminating choices that describe colonial independence movements or monarchical rule.

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The ideological goals of the French Revolution, specifically the desire to dismantle the traditional estates system and aristocratic privileges.
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